The Fuse Group Names Amelie Poitras President of FOLKS VFX Studio
Company veteran succeeds Sebastien Bergeron, recently named CEO of the parent company that also owns FuseFX, Rising Sun Pictures, and El Ranchito.
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WIA Vancouver Announces Career EXCELelerator Candidates
Sponsored by Netflix Canada, the ACE program creates opportunities for new and diverse voices to tell their stories; participants will receive mentoring, training, and support in developing original IP.
Call For Entries: ASIFA India and Epic Games' Women Creators Program 2022
Submissions now being accepted through April 18 for paid virtual fellowships for women creatives from India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia; participants will be mentored and trained in virtual production.
WIA Vancouver Announces Animation Career EXCELelerator Shortlist
Sponsored by Netflix Canada, the ACE program supports animation professionals who identify as women and non-binary; 32 applicants were selected to participate in Phase 1, which includes workshops, pitch training and mentoring.
TMS Entertainment Presents ‘Women in Anime’ Virtual Event
The free online program, part of the 17th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival, runs October 14-17; panel features TMS producer and ‘Megalobox’ creator Minako Fujiyoshi and producer Jinko Gotoh.
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Call For Entries: TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES 2022
Begins: March 9, 2022
TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITES: International Animation Film Festival with a unique focus on animation by women*/trans/inter filmmakers, takes place in Vienna March 9 – 13, 2022.
Netflix and WIA Vancouver Expand Animation Career EXCELerator Program
Women in Animation Vancouver’s ACE program mentors, supports, and trains women to help develop and create their own original IP; applications for 2022-2024 program open at the Spark Animation Festival 2021.
SIGGRAPH Celebrates Women of Influence Panel Coming March 31
Join the conversation; virtual event features a discussion with women who shaped the organization and continue to blaze new trails in the computer graphics industry.
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Animated Women UK Announces Mentorship Program
In partnership with Disney UK & Ireland, AWUK aims to connect industry veterans with the next generation of female talent seeking guidance and support in their professional endeavors.
Celebrate Diversity in Film! 10th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival Call for Entries
Begins: September 23, 2021
INDIE FILMMAKERS … Do you have an awesome film? Celebrate Diversity in Film with New York City's WINTER FILM AWARDS, a BEST REVIEWED FEST on FilmFreeway!
Call For Entries: TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES 2021
Begins: March 10, 2021
TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITES: International Animation Film Festival with a unique focus on animation by women/trans/inter filmmakers, takes place in Vienna March 10 – 14, 2021.
Design Collective Mighty Oak Joins Alkemy X’s Rep Roster
All-women boutique design and animation studio brings expertise in handmade animation techniques fused with live-action to campaigns for numerous high-end clients.
It Pays to Play
Expounding on the vicissitudes of children’s content creation in China.
Celebrate Diversity in Film! 9th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival Call for Entries
Begins: February 20, 2020
INDIE FILMMAKERS … Do you have an awesome film? Celebrate Diversity in Film with New York City's WINTER FILM AWARDS, a BEST REVIEWED FEST on FilmFreeway!
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Animated Women U.K.’s Achieve Program 2019 Open for Entries
In its third year, the ‘Helen North Achieve Programme’ continues to provide targeted career development support to women across the animation and VFX industries.
‘Mama K’s Team 4’: Nexflix Launches Their First Original African Animated Series
Streaming giant is collaborating with Triggerfish Animation studio and CAKE to launch a continent-wide search for local female writing talent for new series.
Call For Entries: Tricky Women International Animation Festival 2019
Begins: March 13, 2019
Tricky Women, the International Animation Festival with a unique focus on animation by women filmmakers, takes place in Vienna March 13 – 17, 2019.
Animation Guild Reports Quarter of Members are Women
Report shows women’s representation in the group has grown 5 percent over the past three years.
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Great Women Animators Project
Heather Smith talks about The Great Women Animators project, a growing international archive showcasing women animators throughout history.
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Call: Tricky Women International Animation Filmfestival 2016
Begins: March 2, 2016
(Note: Please find the application form attached!)
Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women filmmakers. Since 2001 it has been held in Vienna each March.
- Awards:
Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4000 Euro
3-month scholarship to live and work at quartier21/MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program
Sawczynski-Award worth 1,000 Euro
Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for an Austrian animation)
Tricky Women Audience Award
Awards and prize money will go to the directresses of the films.
- The festival offers an international competition of animated short films finished after January 1st, 2014 and realised by female artists (male co-directors are welcome). We want to open the festival to trans*inter* filmmakers and would be delighted to receive your entries. Each filmmaker, producer or distributor may submit as many films as they like. Each film submitted must be accompanied by an entry form and sent on a separate DVD. No films entered in prior Tricky Women Festivals shall be admitted.
- The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is October 10th, 2015.
- Moreover, we welcome shorts entitled “work” (working conditions in the digital era, work-life-balance, desired workplaces, ...) and Animated Feature Films for our non-competitive sections; these films can also have been produced earlier than 2014.
- The entry can be up-loaded via www.shortfilmdepot.com or sent by snail mail directly to Tricky Women.
Top Animation Schools Drawing More Women
While college animation programs in the U.S. have historically skewed male, female enrollment at top schools has surged nationwide, especially in the last five years.
